"Mr. Cai, do you know how soldiers usually die on the battlefield?”
Gu Zhou asked a question that confused Cai Chun. He thought for a moment and said," On the battlefield, only a few people die directly. The most fatal thing is still the bacteria infection. Most people die after being injured. At present, there is no immediate method or medicine to treat wounds.”
"Mr. Cai is very knowledgeable!"
Gu Zhou thought that he would need to explain himself, but he did not expect Cai Chun to know about this.
Cai Chun stroked his beard and said proudly," I won't hide it from you. I studied in the West when I was young. I know a thing or two about many things in the West.”
Gu Zhou waved the disinfectant around."This thing is called disinfectant. It has a strong disinfectant effect. With this thing, the death rate of soldiers on the battlefield can be reduced by at least 50%.”
"Impossible!"
Cai Chun objected reflexively. Everything he had learned told him that such a divine medicine did not exist in the world.
Gu Zhou smiled faintly." Mr. Cai, don't be so hasty to deny it. Penicilin is a kind of all-purpose medicine under certain circumstances. What's so special about malaria, gonoracia, bacteremias…"
Gu Zhou listed more than a dozen diseases in a row. After the emergence of penicillin, the once incurable scarlet disease, suppurative sore throat, diphtheria, malaria, gonoracia, all kinds of malaria, leukemia, and typhoid fever were all recorded. The era where a small wound could cause death had passed.
Gu Zhou was not exaggerating when he said that penicillin was the panacea of this era. This was because people in this era had never used it before and had no resistance to it. Because it was so widely used, a single injection could have a significant effect on many diseases.
Gu Zhou had played Civilization 5 before, and one of the technologies in the technology tree was " Penicilin."
Compared to the same level, what was the technology of the previous level and the post-level?
[Important technologies of the same level: plastic, electronics, radar, and nuclear theory]
Pre-level important technologies: cooling technology, radio, internal combustion engine, and flight
Important technologies: computers, nuclear fission, ecology, and rockets
Which technology wasn't famous? That was how good Penicilin was.
Cai Chun chuckled and had a 'are you f * cking kidding me' look on his face."If I didn't know that Mr. Gu isn't someone who likes to joke, I would have thought that Mr. Gu was joking with me.”
"It's normal that Mr. Cai doesn't believe me.”
Cai Chun's reaction was within Gu Zhou's expectations. He was not angry."Teacher Cai, you know that I'm not a person who likes to joke around. If that's the case, why would I tell you something that's impossible?”
Cai Chun frowned and didn't say anything.
"Mr. Cai, you can bring these medicaments back for experiments. This is the detailed instruction manual. With the ability of the German Merchant House, it shouldn't be difficult to test whether the medicaments are real or fake.”
Gu Zhou guided her patiently and persuaded her clearly,
"With your knowledge, you should understand how precious this medicine is if what I said is true.”
He lowered his voice, like a demon bewitching humans into depravity.
"It will be ten times more expensive than gold of the same weight, more than a hundred times!”
In history, in 1943, a ton of penicillin was priced at 830 million US dollars. According to the price of the same period, it could buy 675 tons of gold. In other words, a ton of penicillin was equivalent to more than 600 tons of gold. A ton of penicillin could buy 5000 main battle tanks or 4000 B-17 bomber. This was equivalent to the size of a military power.
So, as long as you had 100 pounds of Penicilin, you would have 42 million US dollars. At that time, an aircraft carrier in the M Nation would only be worth 8 million US dollars, which was equivalent to driving back five aircraft carriers, and the remaining money could be used to fill up the tank.
Gu Zhou, on the other hand, bought a barrel of penicillin for 35 kilograms, which was a little more than 1,000 yuan.
Even though it was used for animal use, the effect was much stronger than the one used in 1943.
Cai Chun looked at Gu Zhou with a conflicted expression. His rationality told him that such a divine medicine did not exist in this world. However, Gu Zhou told him that if he could verify its authenticity, the benefits would be unimaginable.
"Mr. Cai, am I not clear enough?”
Gu Zhou said leisurely,"A wise man in the West said that if the capital has a profit of 20%, it will become active. If there was a 50% profit, it would take the risk. For the sake of a hundred percent profit, it dared to trample on all human laws. With a 300% profit, it would dare to commit any crime, even risking being hanged.”
"If everything I say is true, no, not everything is true. As long as ten percent of it is true, the profit will be far greater than three hundred percent. More importantly, the cost and risk of the experiment were very low, so why not?”
Cai Chun let out a long sigh and looked deeply at Gu Zhou."Mr. Gu, I understand what you're saying. I'm just afraid that the profits will be too big for the De Sheng Trading Company to bear.”
"The German Trading Company is just a middleman. What's there to be afraid of?”Gu Zhou asked.
"Mr. Gu, you're very bold."
"You flatter me."
Gu Zhou knew that Cai Chun had been convinced by him, so he changed the topic."Mr. Cai, I want you to help me buy some weapons.”
Cai Chun was very straightforward." That's easy. Whether it's made in Hanyang, M Nation, Germany, Sun Never Sets, or Japan, I can buy them all for you.”
" German weapons and equipment."
"How much?"
" The standard equipment for a battalion."
"How much?"
Cai Chun was shocked and widened his eyes."Are you going to war?"
At this moment, Cai Chun was really frightened. His mind was spinning crazily, guessing Gu Zhou's background and suspecting that he was a revolutionary.
Now that the Chinese revolutionary party was making a huge commotion, Cai Chun naturally knew how bold these people were.
Gu Zhou seemed to have seen through his thoughts and smiled."Mr. Cai, don't worry. I'm not a revolutionary. I just want to get some weapons and equipment to protect myself.”
Cai Chun ridiculed in his heart. To protect him, he needed the standard equipment of a battalion? Are you protecting yourself, or are you attacking others?
"Other than pistols, rifles, light machine guns, heavy machine guns, and cannons, help me hire a few training advisors.”
Gu Zhou continued.
"Sure, but think about it carefully. A battalion of 500 people's weapons and equipment, plus the German training consultant's price is not low.”
Cai Chun did not believe Gu Zhou's nonsense about protecting himself. However, the German Merchant House was only doing business. They could not control what their customers did with it. Moreover, the arms business of the foreign powers occupied a large proportion in the dialogue trade. They could openly buy and sell arms, and the imperial court did not dare to interfere.
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